Album Art of 2015
A collection of my favourite album artwork from 2015
Long live the album cover!
In celebration, I've put together a few of the releases I found particularly arresting or memorable in 2015.
8 Years Fachwerk
Dawn Mok - Eternal Love
Ipman - Depatterning
Pittsburgh Track Authority - Your Situation
Kangding Ray - Cory Arcane
Rival Consoles - Howl
Helena Hauff - Discreet Desires
Lee Bannon - Pattern of Excel
Slam Present Transmissions: Glasgow
FABRICLIVE 81: Monki
Surgeon / Blawan / Various - Tiptop Audio Presents: Various Artists 001
D5 - Sides of Space
Venetian Snares - Your Face
Four Tet - Morning / Evening
Emily Hall - Folie à Deux
Post Scriptum - Post Scriptum 01
Mark Fell & Gabor Lazar - The Neurobiology of Moral Decision Making
Cate - Heavy Breathing
House Shoes - House Shoes Presents: The Gift: Volume Seven
Mariah - Utakata No Hibi
Volte-Face - Charlatan EP
Valet - Nature
Martyn - Block the Box
Consumer Electronics - Repetition Reinforcement
Linkwood - Expressions
Bjork - Vulnicura
Legowelt - Anaconda Flow
Various Artists - Sherwood At The Controls: Volume 1 1979 - 1984
Lapalux - Lustmore
Hedge Maze - Dysania
Dylan Stark - Heartland
Policy - The Republic
Although not unique to 100% Silk I particularly liked this opened-cassette-inlay-cover-style presention which should be used for all release types, not just cassettes.
Vril - Portal
Frank Bretschneider - Isolation
Kamasi Washington - The Epic
The Black Dog - Neither / Neither
Various - I Have A Question
On a related note, it was good to see the recent article Top 10 Record Sleeve Designers on DJ Broadcast, helping to highlight the increasingly overlooked art of the album cover.